Across the Trishuli, an Information Vacuum Leaves People at the Mercy of Rumours
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- Residents living along Nepal’s Trishuli River face an information vacuum that leaves them reliant on rumours.
- The article opens with 86-year-old Bhuwan Prasad Ghimire observing the river, which he has lived beside throughout his life.
At the banks of Nepal’s Trishuli River, 86-year-old Bhuwan Prasad Ghimire leaned on his walking stick and stared across the water.
Ghimire has spent his entire life beside the Trishuli. He has watched the river rise and fall with the seasons, experiencing its quiet periods as well as its more turbulent days.
But what he saw left him amid an information vacuum, where people are forced to rely on rumours.
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